Courses · replacement recipe

Go from Kajabi to Teachable

The job: Course platform (Courses, Website and landing pages, Email marketing, Community, Checkout and payments). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Kajabi
Kajabi Basic · $179/mo
Year one+$1,030modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Teachable
Builder plan · $89/mo
Change where you land

The money

$179/mo today , then $89/mo

Kajabi Basic

Year one, net+$1,030
Pays back in0.6 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 5 of 5 covered

  • Covered: Courses
  • Covered: Website and landing pages
  • Covered: Email marketing
  • Covered: Community
  • Covered: Checkout and payments

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Courses, Website and landing pages, Email marketing, Community, Checkout and payments

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Kajabi

    Contacts and customers (all, a segment, or selected contacts). Format: CSV

    Export steps
  2. Set up Teachable

    Course-first creators: $89/month with 0% transaction fee, community, email marketing, affiliates and student apps, capped at 10 published products.

    Details
  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Teachable, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel Kajabi

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The end of the current billing or trial period.

    How to cancel Kajabi
Open TeachableHow to cancel Kajabi
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 5 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Courses
  • Website and landing pages
  • Email marketing
  • Community
  • Checkout and payments

Not covered

  • Funnels
  • Customer mobile app
  • Affiliate programs

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Courses, Website and landing pages, Email marketing, Community, Checkout and payments
  • Export your data from Kajabi before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-kajabi") on the Stackcut MCP server.

5 ways out, best first

Switch vendorPayhip (free tier)Saves $2,098 in year one
$179/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $2,148/yr · payback 0.3 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Free Forever: all features, unlimited products and revenue, 5% transaction fee; PayPal and Stripe charge their standard processing on top).
Covers 80% of the core features (not: Community)
Solo creators on a budget: courses, a store, email marketing and affiliates on Payhip's free plan for a 5% fee plus Stripe or PayPal processing; no community.
How we got this
You pay now: Kajabi Basicflat price$179/mo
New cost: Payhip (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$179 − $0+$179/mo
Over 12 months+$179 × 12+$2,148
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$2,148 − $50+$2,098
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $2,148 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorTeachableSaves $1,030 in year one
$179/mo today → $89/mo · setup 1 h · then $1,080/yr · payback 0.6 mo
Covers 100% of the core features
Course-first creators: $89/month with 0% transaction fee, community, email marketing, affiliates and student apps, capped at 10 published products.
How we got this
You pay now: Kajabi Basicflat price$179/mo
New cost: TeachableBuilder plan$89/mo
Difference each month$179 − $89+$90/mo
Over 12 months+$90 × 12+$1,080
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$1,080 − $50+$1,030
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $1,080 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorPodiaSaves $910 in year one
$179/mo today → $99/mo · setup 1 h · then $960/yr · payback 0.6 mo
Covers 100% of the core features
Creators who want courses, downloads, community, email and a website in one place for $99/month with no Podia fee; Shaker's email covers 500 subscribers (Kajabi Basic: 2,500 contacts).
How we got this
You pay now: Kajabi Basicflat price$179/mo
New cost: PodiaShaker plan$99/mo
Difference each month$179 − $99+$80/mo
Over 12 months+$80 × 12+$960
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$960 − $50+$910
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $960 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorSkoolSaves $910 in year one
$179/mo today → $99/mo · setup 1 h · then $960/yr · payback 0.6 mo
Covers 60% of the core features (not: Website and landing pages, Email marketing)
Community-led course businesses: $99/month with 2.9% + 30¢ per payment and courses inside the community, but no website builder or email marketing.
How we got this
You pay now: Kajabi Basicflat price$179/mo
New cost: SkoolPro plan$99/mo
Difference each month$179 − $99+$80/mo
Over 12 months+$80 × 12+$960
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$960 − $50+$910
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $960 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorThinkificSaves $790 in year one
$179/mo today → $109/mo · setup 1 h · then $840/yr · payback 0.7 mo
Covers 80% of the core features (not: Email marketing)
Course businesses that want unlimited courses, memberships and certificates for $109/month; Thinkific lists email automation rather than broadcast email marketing, and its branded app is a $199/month add-on.
How we got this
You pay now: Kajabi Basicflat price$179/mo
New cost: ThinkificStart plan$109/mo
Difference each month$179 − $109+$70/mo
Over 12 months+$70 × 12+$840
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$840 − $50+$790
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $840 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

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